Spring bed-bottom.



'PATENTED PEB. '7 1905.

F. KARR.

SPRING BED BOTTOM. APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 11, 1904.

Patented February 7, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT EErcE.

FRANCIS KABE, OF HOLLANI),MICHIGAN.

SPRING` BED-BOTTOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,829, dated February'7, 1905. i

Application filed June 11,1904. Serial No. 212,180.

Be it known that l, FRANCIS Kann, a citizen of the United States,residing at Holland, in the county ot' Ottawa and State ot' Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring Bed-Bottoms,of which the following is a specitication.

My invention relates to improvements in appliances for adjusting theanglefiron sides ot spring bed-bottoms to the width between the siderails ot' a bedstead; and its objects are, first, to provide a meanswhereby a spring' bed-bottom may be readily adjusted to tit the slightvariation in the width of bedsteads that are presumed to be made to acertain standard width, but which sometimes vary materially, and,second, to provide an appliance ot' the kind that may be readilyattached and detached. mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which-w Figure l is a perspective ot' a section of abed-rail and of a sp1ing-l.)edbottom rail, showing my appliance attachedfor use where the bedstead is wider than the presumed standard width.Fig. 2 is the same, representing a bedstead ot' standard width, and Fig.3 shows a modilied lorm ot' my device with a hook for ready attachmentor detachment. Fig'. L shows a short guard.

Similar letters re fer to similar parts throughont the several views.

A represents a section ot' the side rail ot' an iron bedstead.

B represents the side rail ot' an iron spring bed-bottom, and Crepresents a guard that l apply for the purpose of making the bearingportion ot' the spring' bed-bottom wider.

\\"hen applying this device to spring bedbottoms when-in the course ot'manufacture, l rivet one end to the upper wing' ot' the rail B. as atl), the portion ot' the guard at this point lying parallel with the wingof the rail for a short distance and then bending at an obtuse angle andextending' to the lower edge ot' the vertical wing of the rail B, wherea prmierly-shapcd hook c is formed. In this position the spring-bottomis rendered wide l guards.

l attain these objects by the enough so that the angle ot' the appliancewill just engage the inner edge ot the upper wing ot' the rail A upon abedstead that is wider than the standard width is presumed to be.

The guard C is made of liexible metal, so that it' the bedstead to whichit is to be applied is narrower the weight ot' the bedbottom will causethe guard to draw over theend ot' the rail B at c and the body O of theguard will be bent and lorced back, as indicated in Fig. 2, so that thespring-bottom will be narrow enough to rest between the side rails ot'the bedstead, it being understood that there is a set of the guards (twoor more) upon each side rail ot' the spring' bed-bottoms.

For the purpose of readily applying these guards to bcdsteads away fromthe factory or where it would be inconvenient to drill or rivet them lmalte a modilied form, (shown in Fig. 3,) which is provided with a hookC', constructed to slip over the upper or horizontal wing of the rail Beasily and yet will pinch it close enough to retain its place withoutdanger of the end c d roppingoif. Outside of the t'orm ot' this guardand the manner ot' attaching' it to the rail its action and use areidentical with tht` riveted guard hereinbefore described, the advantageot' the detachable one being that it' a spring-bottom is removed from anarrow bedstead to a wider one this guard may be readily attached orremoved and injured guards may be easily replaced, if desired, withouttrouble or inconvenience.

ln the construction ot' the hook or oll'set c l deem it better to lormthree angles, as at 1, 2, and 3 in Fig. l, so that when the guard O isdrawn up, as in Fig. 2, to adjust it to a narrow bedstcad the angle 3will form a hook to hold this end of the guard to place when thespring-bott i m is removed from the bedrails. This is particularlydesirable with a detachable guard.

\Vlien the short guards shown in Fig. i are used, it is better to rivetthem to the horizontal wing ot' the spring-rail, though the hook shownin Fig. 3 may be used, and it is immaterial about the angle of the bodyol the lVith either' lorm a wire may be used, if desired; but the flatmetal, as shown, is more desirable and more conveniently attached.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

l. In combination with the angle-iron side rails of a spring bed-bottom,guards secured to the horizontal Wing of the rail, lying paralleltherewith a short distance and then angled to the lower edge of theVertical Wing of the rail and a hook formed around the edge of the rail,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the angle-iron side rails of a spring bed-bottom,a guard forrned with a hook at one end having parallel sides for adistance, thence an angle bent in one side Signed at Grand Rapids,Michigan, June 7, 30 1904.

FRA NCIS KARR.

In presence of- C. V. CILLEY, ITHIEL J. CILLEY.

